As VA backlog mess drags on, veterans wait
Posted by: David Shrauger
Seattle :: WA :: USA | updated 2013-06-06 09:35:56 -0700 | political-news
With all the focus on various scandals within the Obama administration, very few media outlets seem overly concerned with the most spectacular failure of the administration so far. Although the IRS scandal is cause for concern, it does not compare...
First ever national league table says most US states fail to protect oceans
Posted by: Robert Myles
Seattle :: WA :: USA | updated 2013-06-03 12:38:36 -0700 | political-news
Last week, two marine science conservation organizations at the forefront of ocean protection published the first in-depth quantitative analysis of how coastal US states rank in protecting coastal waters. The Marine Conservation Institute and Mission Blue jointly released a report...
Understanding American attitudes: International Relations and Security
Posted by: travisjhake
Seattle :: WA :: USA | updated 2013-05-30 11:26:37 -0700 | political-news
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US soldier to admit Afghan massacre
Posted by: Ahmed Mohamed Ibrahim
Seattle :: WA :: USA | updated 2013-06-01 16:36:57 -0700 | political-news
It seems that the reason he would not be able to prove any claim insanity or diminished capacity at the time of the attack Is this the reason for recognition of the American soldier Robert Bales of guilt in the...
Survivor describes escape from floating car after falling from bridge into river
Posted by: Herbert Dyer, Jr.
Seattle :: WA :: USA | updated 2013-05-28 09:21:39 -0700 | political-news
The Seattle Times has provided a riveting report on 20-year-old Bryce Kenning's fall from the Skagit Bridge, and his harrowing escape. Kenning was on his way to a pickup hockey game in Bellingham, Wash. on Thursday night. As Kenning’s Subaru...
USA: Secret Service accused related to 64 sex scandals
Posted by: KhanhElegant
Seattle :: WA :: USA | updated 2013-05-24 16:32:01 -0700 | political-news
During the hearing, Sen. Joe Lieberman, chairman of the Homeland Security Committee in the Senate, said the data showed that the SS had 64 allegations or complaints related sexual in the last 5 years. The Secret Service protected President Barack...
'Functionally obsolete' bridge collapse shows need to fix aging infrastructure
Posted by: Herbert Dyer, Jr.
Seattle :: WA :: USA | updated 2013-05-26 23:33:49 -0700 | political-news
"We've still got too many roads that are in disrepair, too many bridges that aren't safe." – President Obama, March 2013 A long section of an Interstate 5 bridge connecting the United States to Canada collapsed Thursday evening, and many...
Obama signed a new edict about using UAV
Posted by: KhanhElegant
Seattle :: WA :: USA | updated 2013-05-27 07:24:42 -0700 | political-news
U.S. President claims will only use unmanned aircraft strikes when the threat is imminent, a change compared with previous policy airstrike aimed at a significant threat. "Our country is threatened with terrorism. However, we need to recognize that the threat...
Glenn Beck gun book tops Kindle chart
Posted by: Michael McGuire
Seattle :: WA :: USA | updated 2013-05-23 23:08:22 -0700 | political-news
Glenn Beck’s case against gun control is the most-popular political Kindle book, according to Amazon.com charts for Wednesday. Titled “Control: Exposing the Truth about Guns,” Beck makes the case that "History has proven that guns are essential to self-defense and...
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry condemns attacks in Turkey.
Posted by: Vicky247
Seattle :: WA :: USA | updated 2013-05-24 07:03:56 -0700 | political-news
The U.S. secretary of state John Kerry on Saturday condemned the attacks in Turkey, that he represented as alarming, during which 2 automotive bombs exploded close to the Syrian border, exploit forty three dead, and it's plausible that square measure...
Authorities evacuate journalists from the White House by electrical fault.
Posted by: Vicky247
Seattle :: WA :: USA | updated 2013-05-24 04:32:57 -0700 | political-news
Authorities aforementioned nowadays that they in brief exhausted journalists associated photographers of the White House West Wing because of an electrical fault that failed to have an effect on the presidential family and was corrected while not incident. The evacuation...
Washington attorney general sues florist for refusing to service gay wedding
Posted by: Herbert Dyer, Jr.
Seattle :: WA :: USA | updated 2013-04-18 13:21:56 -0700 | political-news
Washington state Attorney General Bob Ferguson has brought suit against a florist who refuses to provide flowers and other services for a same-sex wedding. Arlene’s Flowers & Gifts owner is Barronelle Stutzman of Richland, Wash. Stutzman cites her Christian views,...
Wikileaks publishes 1.7 million US diplomatic, intelligence files
Posted by: arkar
Seattle :: WA :: USA | updated 2013-04-10 21:09:48 -0700 | political-news
Releasing possibly the largest cache of US diplomatic files, whistle blowing website Wikileaks today published 1.7 million US diplomatic and intelligence files going back to the 1970s, being released by the website’s founder, Julian Assange. Though not classified documents, with...
Former MI5 officer: U.S. not afraid of North Korea wants to control the resources of the Arctic.
Posted by: Vicky247
Seattle :: WA :: USA | updated 2013-04-02 14:22:42 -0700 | political-news
The main objective within the U.S. plans to strengthen missile defense in Alaska has nothing to try and do with Democratic People's Republic of Korea, however seeks to regulate the natural resources of the Arctic, per a former MI5 operative....
Kerry supports the Special court for Lebanon on Hariri murder.
Posted by: Vicky247
Seattle :: WA :: USA | updated 2013-02-19 22:02:17 -0800 | political-news
The secretary of State John Kerry on Thursday gave its support to the Special court for Asian country, charged with attempting those answerable for the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, aforesaid during a message that happens on the...
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